READY FOR TAKE-OFF _
Expansion at the Terrace airport oe
waits for federal money

Ane a wait of more
than 10 years, an airport terminal
expansion at the Terrace-Kitimat
Airport has now been approved.
Work has begun on final drawings
and the project should be going to
tender this spring. :

The only thing that
could delay or stop the
project now is a lack of
funding, but that’s not
expected to happen.

Airport manager Darryl
Laurent says the proposal
is ranked number one in
the Northwest region, and
when Transport Canada
regional funding levels are
disclosed in April there
should be sufficient money
for this as well as a few
other smaller projects in
the area. If things go as
expected, work on the ter-
minal could begin as early
as this year and be com-
plete by the summer of
1993.

Preliminary drawings
for the expansion project
were prepared last year by
Terrace architect Allan

Soutar, and few changes are
expected in the final design stage.
Using Soutar’s preliminary draw-
ings as a guide, the following is a
description of what you might
expect to find at the top of the
airport hill in a year or so — an
attractive gateway to Terrace
where you can claim your luggage

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in air-conditioned comfort.

‘The existing portion’ of the
main floor will undergo extensive
renovations. An extension on the
west end of the existing terminal
will nearly double the floor area.

Passengers arriving in Ter-
race will leave the tarmac at
about the centre of the runway

The proposed expansion design for the Terrace-Kitimat airport will
double the present space. Final drawings are complete. All that’s needed
now is money from Ottawa, and a 10-year-old dream will become a
reality. 7

46 Terrace Review — March 20, 1992

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